5/14 Preparing for the foundation.

The top of the pink boards will be the top of the foundation.

This is our old sign on Redwood Highway that will soon be refurbished.

5/9-5/11

No construction at Cartwright's, but much work continues in decision making and approvals.

5/8 Continued Clean Up and Grading

5/8/07 Batzer is preparing the ground for the foundation. Shale will be delivered soon.

5/7 Finishing Up Debris Removal

A Batzer dump truck waiting for debris.

Moving scrap metal.

5/3 and 5/4 Demolition

Tearing the roof off of the front of the building.

A gentle push of the brick wall. The pink tube on the left is telephone line.

Kaden Cartwright, age 4, beginning his career in demolition.

Jamie Cartwright, Leo Burg, and Arlo surveying the piles of rubble.
At the end of the day on Friday, the buildings and house were completely down and much of the hauling of debris was underway.

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5/2/07 Demolition of Cartwright's Wholesale Building

Batzer was in charge of removing the old Cartwright's building.

This is the boiler from the building.

Look, it's Jamie Cartwright driving the excavator!

Demolition Day

The company that demolished the house was ACE Earth Movers.


The first "bite" of the house.

The excavator would peel roof panels off one at a time.

This is the bath tub and toilet in one scoop.

This is the water heater.

7:00 AM, May 2, 2007 Jamie and Kaden Cartwright ready for demolition day.

Scrap Metal Truck

The scrap metal workers found plenty at Cartwright's.

Tomorrow, May 2, is demolition day.
I promise to publish more exciting pictures from this day on.

Scrap Metal and Asbestos Removal

The plastic door shows the work of the asbestos removers.

Demolition To Begin 5/2/07

The building will be demolished tomorrow! We were hoping this would have started last week, but we were waiting on approvals and a bit of asbestos removal.